Crossword clues for derailleur
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
type of bicycle gear mechanism, 1930, from French dérailleur (1927), from dérailler "to go off the rails" (see derail).
Wiktionary
n. 1 The mechanism on a bicycle used to move the chain from one sprocket (gear) to another. 2 The entire gearset on a bicycle with such a mechanism.
Usage examples of "derailleur".
He snicked the Derailleur gears up five sprockets and stood on the pedals, swooping down towards the city centre on the traffic-free road, the cool morning air chilling the sweat of fear that had drenched him in that terrifying moment when it looked as if his well-laid plan had gone wrong.
It had a thick rear axle, a rear sprocket cluster, three chainwheels, and a derailleur at each end of the chain.
Don noted the turned-down handlebars and double derailleur mechanism first: another ten-speed-or-more machine, perhaps an expensive one.
That was always a mess, because the derailleur got in the way and it was hard to take off, and the adjustments were always out of whack in little invisible but critical ways when it got put back together.
There was something like a derailleur, two curved handlebars, and a narrow, contoured seat that looked like it had been carved out of stone.
They raised a cloud of feathers, some of which got in my mouth, the derailleur, among other places.
The frame was a modern carbon fibre composite, fitted with a derailleur gear-change made by Shimano of Japan.
The tires gritted on the dusty pavement but the chains and derailleurs were silky, silent except for the delicate whir of the bearings.